This past summer, Sankofa Impact partnered with the University of Washington and the Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center, offering an immersive “study away” experience that centered on place-based learning. Students embarked on a four-week bus journey across ten states in the South. Through “Honors American South: Foundations of Black Culture, Social Movements and Collective Liberation,” they explored the legacies of enslavement, racial terror, civil rights, mass incarceration and contemporary abolition activism—making history a shared, living narrative.
We recently had a reunion at Othello Commons, (shout out to LeVera!) with most of our students and leadership team in attendance. Folks spoke about the impact of the trip, how it is actively shaping their lives, and the actions it is inspiring. One of our students shared, “This trip changed my life. To not only learn our history, but to visit it, and learn from people who lived through it was something I will carry with me forever.”
We are so deeply proud of the students and all those committed to building a broad community that will lead to our collective liberation.
